Ja’Wuan James, who started at right tackle at Tennessee, has been invited to visit Dolphins headquarters and has emerged as a legitimate option for them in the second or third round of next month’s NFL Draft.

Tennessee left tackle Antonio Richardson is more ballyhooed, but James is well-regarded and improved his stock at Tennessee’s Pro Day.

Here is NFL.com's assessment of James: "It is difficult to be overshadowed at 6-6, 324 pounds, but given the high profile talent in Knoxville, James qualifies. James is more fundamentally sound than Antonio Richardson and yet offers a similar package of size and athleticism."

The Miami Herald cites sources that say the Dolphins have a first-round grade on Tennessee OT Ja'Wuan James.If so, they're reaching. James looks the part at 6-foot-6, 311 pounds with 35-inch arms and solid athletic skills. He also started 49 of 49 games for the Volunteers and drew a Titans RT David Stewart comparison from NFL.com's Gil Brandt. All of that is well and good, and James certainly has potential, but he plays upright, must work on his technique, and will have to add some bulk. He's a late Day 2 prospect.

There were two trades right after our pick...They didn't try to hard.According to some of these comments he was a pre draft 2nd 3rd or even 4th rounder.

If we are to trust "grades" we should have drafted the guy they had mocked to us... Unfortunately the grade was a bit higher in the war rooms because every name I saw mocked to us at 19 were off the board..

If we passed on a higher ranked T I could see why ppl would be upset. But the board dictated things, and at 19 James was the best T on board..